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Indian security forces at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 2, 2025. — AFP <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

SRINAGAR: India officially concluded the Amarnath Yatra in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), with over 400,000 Hindus participating in the month-long pilgrimage, authorities said, amid heightened security and recent military escalation with Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The pilgrimage began on July 3 and closed officially on August 9, but organisers said that lashing rains had damaged narrow paths, forcing a premature end.<\/p>\n

Official Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said in a statement late Saturday that 415,000 pilgrims had taken part.<\/p>\n

Many of the faithful began their trek to the Amarnath ice pillar from near Pahalgam, where gunmen on April 22 killed 26 tourists in the disputed region.<\/p>\n

New Delhi said the gunmen were backed by Pakistan — claims Islamabad has vehemently rejected while calling for a probe into the unfortunate incident — triggering a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures that escalated into a four-day conflict.<\/p>\n

It was the worst standoff by the nuclear-armed nations since 1999, with more than 70 people killed in missile, drone and artillery fire on both sides, before a May 10 ceasefire.<\/p>\n

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A few devotees may still visit the cave, but the numbers this year fall short of the estimated half a million devotees who took part in 2024.<\/p>\n

Officials appealed to Hindus to undertake the pilgrimage, ramping up security for the event by deploying 45,000 troops with high-tech surveillance tools overseeing the gruelling trek to the cave, dedicated to Shiva, the deity of destruction.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Indian forces exchanged fire with gunmen for a third day in Kulgam, far from the Amarnath pilgrimage route. Soldiers have killed two people, a senior police officer said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Indian security forces at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 2, 2025. — AFP  SRINAGAR: India officially concluded the Amarnath Yatra in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), with over 400,000 Hindus participating in the month-long pilgrimage, authorities said, amid heightened security and recent military escalation with…<\/p>\n

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